From optical and IR observations made in 2004 and 2006 [1]} get a Pa\(\)  flux of \(1.63 \times 10^{-13}\)  ergs s\(^{-1}\)  cm\(^{-2}\)  and a H\(\)  flux of \(3.92 \times 10^{-13}\)  ergs s\(^{-1}\)  cm\(^{-2}\) . These give a Pa\(\) /H\(\)  ratio of \(0.42 \pm 0.6\) . These observations were not simultaneous. Also they were made well outside the times of the UV-optical monitoring campaigns so there is a possibility that the reddening changed, but we include these observations of the Pa\(\beta \) /H\(\)  here because they provide additional evidence for large internal extinction in NGC 5548 consistent with other reddening indicators.
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